Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion attended the conservative Federalist Society's black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.
Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society's black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary.
Barrett's only allusion to the abortion case came when she responded to the crowd's roar of approval when she was introduced."It's really nice to have a lot of noise made not by protesters outside my house," she said. But Stephen Gillers, an expert on judicial ethics at New York University's law school, said neither the ethics nor the optics of the justices' attendance troubled him.
Fifteen other appeals court judges chosen by Trump also are on the schedule for the three-day conference in the nation's capital. The decision reversed a ruling that gave felons the right to vote regardless of outstanding legal obligations. Joining Pryor to form a 6-4 majority were five Trump appointees.
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